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Ch. 9-12: Exam 3 Flashcards

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__ is the transmission of traits from one generation to the next

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Heredity

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Why were pea plants a good experimental model

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You can easily control their reproduction

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An organism’s genetic makeup is called its

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Genotype

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If both parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the chance their offspring will have type O blood

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25%

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Natalie has type O blood and her sister has type AB blood. What are the genotypes of the girls’ parents

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IAi and IBi

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Genes come in different versions called

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Alleles

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What term describes the condition where the two copies are different

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Heterozygous

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Using a standard 52-card deck, what is the probability of being dealt an ace

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1/13

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A man and a woman who are both carriers of anemia have three children without anemia. If the couple has a fourth child, what is the probability that the child will have the disorder

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25%

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What is meant by a sex-linked gene

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A gene that is located on a sex chromosome, usually the X chromosome

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Which of the following is not one of the three ways that viruses can get into a plant

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Through the stomata

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What type of mutation would occur if an amino acid replaced another in a sequence

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Substitution

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13
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Which organelle coordinates translation

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Ribosomes

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Which of the following does not participate directly in translation: ribosomes, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, DNA

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DNA

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__ is the use of information in an RNA molecule for the synthesis of a polypeptide

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Translation

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Which of the following is not a phase of transcription

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Splicing

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17
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Of the 64 codons, how many are start codons

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1

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What is the sugar phosphate backbone

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Nucleotides joined together by covalent bonds between the sugar of one nucleotide and the phosphate of the next

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Which of the following geneticists is not responsible for the discovery of DNA’s double helix

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

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Long chains of chemical units are called

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Nucleotides

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Your bone cells, muscle cells, and skin cells look different because

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Different genes are active in each kind of cell

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Which of the following is not one of the three ways that RNA may be processed after a gene is transcribed in the nucleus

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By the repressor binding to the operator

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A gene that causes cancer is called a

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Oncogene

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What is the purpose of therapeutic cloning

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To produce embryonic stem cells

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A cell producing and secreting chemicals, such as hormones, that affect gene regulation in other cells is an example of what
Cell signaling
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Which of the following is not included in RNA processing
Translating a codon into an anticodon
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A __ is the site where the enzyme RNA polymerase attaches and initiates transcription
Promoter
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Which organism produces the enzymes to digest lactose
Escherichia coli
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After a restriction enzyme binds to its restriction site, it cuts the two strands of the DNA by
Breaking chemical bonds at specific points within the sequence
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How do cells develop differently from one another
Gene regulation
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After a gel electrophoresis procedure is run, the pattern of bars in the gel shows
The presence of various-sized fragments of DNA
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What feature of a DNA fragment causes it to move through a gel during electrophoresis
The electrical charges of its phosphate groups
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Neanderthals are our closest living relatives
False
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What device is used to multiply DNA strands
Polymerase chain reaction
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__ is the manipulation of organisms of their components to make useful products
Biotechnology
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The CRISPR-Cas9 system allows the nucleotide sequence of specific genes to be edited in living cells
True
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The Innocence project was a massive scientific endeavor to determine the nucleotide sequence of all the DNA in the human genome and identify the location and sequence of every gene
False
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Organisms that have acquired one or more genes by artificial means
Transgenic organism
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__ is intended to treat disease by introducing genes into an afflicted person
Human gene therapy
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PCR permits a scientist to obtain enough DNA to allow a DNA profile to be constructed
True
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What is the process by which genotype becomes expressed as a phenotype
Gene expression
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DNA and RNA are polymers composed of __ monomers
Nucleotide
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After a restriction enzyme binds to its restriction site, it cuts the two strands of the DNA by
Breaking chemical bonds at specific points within the sequence
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Restriction enzymes are obtained from
Bacteria
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Gel electrophoresis separates DNA fragments primarily on the basis of differences in their
Length
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The backbone of DNA consists of
A repeating sugar-phosphate-sugar pattern
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__ is intended to treat disease by introducing genes into an afflicted person
Human gene therapy
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The world's first genetically engineered pharmaceutical product was
Humulin
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This is when one of the two x chromosomes in each cell is inactivated at random
X chromosomes inactivation
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In bacteria, what name is given to a cluster of genes with related functions, along with their DNA control sequences
Operon
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What is the function of a repressor protein
To turn off transcription by binding to the operator
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Approximately what percentage of the human genome consists of noncoding DNA
98.5%
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The process of making multiple copies of a gene by inserting it into a host genome and culturing the host is
Gene cloning
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An individual who is homozygous
Carries two copies of the same allele for a gene
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Cells communicate with one another via
Signal transduction pathways
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What is the best definition of recombinant DNA
DNA that includes nucleotides from two different sources
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The scientific field that studies complete sets of genes is called
Genomics
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How do cells develop differently from one another
Gene regulation
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A mating between a purebred purple-flowered pea plant and purebred white flowering pea plant would produce a
Hybrid
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"Sticky ends" are __ that are produced by the action of
Double-stranded DNA molecules w/ single-stranded ends; restriction enzymes

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